State Heroes
World War I (WWI)
1918
Harry Herman Zuelich
Carver, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 139th Infantry
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 3, Row 20, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Private Jacob L. Askildson
Cogswell, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 138th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 3, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. Marinus Hald
Buchanan, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 31
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 18, Row 12, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Otto Leysring
Windsor, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 137th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918, at Argonne Forest.
Buried, Grave 37, Row 30, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Sebastian Mischel
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 111th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in Grave 31, Row 17, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1918
Pvt. Elmer Hiatt
Flagler, IA
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 27
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 19, 1921, and buried in Grave 3307, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
1918
Pvt. Olaf Knutson
Hatton, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age:
Killed in action.
1918
Thomas Witchic
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 139th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 6, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
S2c Emil M. Dvorak
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 24
Died in Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 28, 1918, as a Seaman 2nd Class.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Pvt. John Paul Bauer
Hankinson, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I, 138th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 23
Killed in action, on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on July 25, 1921, and buried at Hankinson, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Alfred Elie Johnson
Frost, MN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F, 3rd Pioneer Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia, on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Dec. 16, 1921, and buried in Emerald Cemetery, Frost, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Mountrail county.
1918
Cpl. Howard W. Dietrich
South Bend, IN
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 22
Died of pneumonia on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on June 1, 1921, and buried in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Harry Howard Watkins
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 25
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried Grave 2580, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Oliver Nyhus
Hatton, ND
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 357th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 28
Died of broncho pneumonia on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried in Grave 19, Row 12, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1918
Cpl. Einar Brateng
World War I (WWI)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 39th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 26
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Buried, Grave 18, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.